This new addition to the Crown Royal line-up is clearly aimed at the US market where smoothness and creamy richness is so prized. Like Cask No. 16, which it replaces, X.O. was finished in Cognac casks from the French Limousin Forest. While Cask 16 was crisply fruity, X.O. is much smoother and creamier. Both are wonderfully flavourful whiskies.

Crown Royal X.O. is another creation of master blender Andrew MacKay and combines more than 50 whiskies from the Crown Royal distillery in Gimli,Manitoba.

My wife just brought me a bottle of Crown XO from the duty free store at the LasVegas airport. No bargain with the current exchange rate but OMG, wonderful richness and depth.
I will be looking for it here as a special occasion sipping rye.

I received a bottle of this excellent whisky for my birthday this year. I had mainly been drinking Scotch Whisky up until now, but that has all changed thanks to X.O. The flavor of this whisky is incredible, along with the mouth feel and finish. If I were to spend some serious time on a desert island, this Whisky would be a serious contender to accompany me.

Has there been another (or 2nd) release of Crown Royal XO? Reason I ask is that XO disappeared from liquor store shelves in Alberta and BC about a year ago. Last week I discovered a stash of bottles on a shelf in Nanaimo. Regards, Richard

Sweet, peppery and hot with dusty old wood, citrus zest, and burnt toffee that ends with a refreshing grapefruit pithiness. It’s a bit spirity which is why it works so well in cocktails and highballs. ★★★

Plums, prunes, black currents balanced with sweet butter tarts and baking spices and the warming glow of real black pepper. Silky mouthfeel with hints of oak but not the woodiness of long-aged whisky. ★★★★★

A typical fruity, rye-forward Canadian Club nose becomes sweet, hot, and spicy on the tongue. The most whisky like of the spiced whiskies with added notes of black licorice, Mom’s baking vanilla and a touch of clean oak.

Scotch snobs who rely on age statements to tell them if they like what they are drinking take note: Coyote Ugly is one three-year-old shooting whisky that is simply loaded with flavour. Loaded! Recommended. ★★★☆

Hot, and sweet with dark fruits, creamy cereals, hints of pansies. Burley tobacco takes it into the lower registers as do hints of oak. A bright, lively, potent, but not overly complex whisky, with a sweet and fruity finish.★★★★☆

Canvas and burlap with heavy fall flowers and dry brown hay. The palate begins with burnt caramel, searing spices and ripe orchard fruits and ends in a long juicy finish with a slight bitterness that integrates IPA hops and citrus pith. ★★★★☆